Patent · US Expired

Golf ball

US5068151A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 2, 1990
Grant dateNov 26, 1991
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Expiry dateFeb 2, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/2998
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Disclosed is a golf ball having improved impact resilience, which comprises a core and a cover covering the core, wherein the cover is a lithium neutralized ionomer resion which is a copolymer of 10 to 20% by weight of an alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid and the rest of ethylene, of which 20 to 70 mol % of carboxyl groups are neutralized with lithium ion, and the ionomer resin has a melt index of 0.5 to 5.0 and a shore D hardness of at least 60. The lithium neutralized ionomer resin may be combined with a di- or tri- valent metal neutralized ionomer resin which is a copolymer of 10 to 20% by weight of an alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid and the rest of ethylene, of which 40 to 70 mol % of carboxyl groups are neutralized with di- or tri- valent metal ion, and which has a melt index of 0.5 to 5.0 and a shore D hardness of 60 to 80.

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